CONTEST DETAILS

1. Write a fictional short story inspired by the theme "companionship." Interpret the theme in any way that sparks your imagination. The word "connection" must appear at least once in your story. 

2. Stories must be your original work which has not been published before or submitted previously as homework or a contest entry.

3. When you quote or refer to other people’s words or ideas, you must properly credit the source.

4. All currently enrolled GIST students (undergraduate, graduate, and international students) can participate.

5. If you have any questions or need help, feel free to contact an LEC instructor or check out this Guide. (The guide is provided only to help with the writing process, but you are not required to follow the example structures given). Also, check out these sample short stories for ideas and inspiration.

6. You are not allowed to copy and paste AI-generated content and represent it as your own work. Content from translation apps like Papago and Google Translate are often detected as AI-generated content, so their use should be limited to individual words or phrases.

7. BE CREATIVE!

 

ESSAY DETAILS

1. 3 pages minimum; 7 pages maximum

2. Use double spacing. 12 point font.

3. Students should not include their names in their entry, but should use their student number as their file title (e.g. 20265432.docx)

4. Stories will be checked for plagiarism. Any students who plagiarize will be disqualified from this and future contests.  Using ChatGPT (or any other AI-generated content) will also be considered cheating.

 

SUBMISSION DETAILS

1. Submit your completed essay using this registration form (click here).

2. Deadline: 2026 November 2nd (Monday) 23:59 (late submissions will not be accepted).

3. By entering this contest, participants give LEC permission to post their work on various online platforms such as webpages for LEC, GIST, and GIST College as well as LEC’s Instagram and Facebook page.

 

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS

1. Winners will be contacted personally.

2. Winning stories to be displayed on the LEC website. 

 

PRIZES: Scholarships

1st place: 50,000 won, 2nd place: 30,000 won, 3rd place: 20,000 won

 

CONTACT

Language Education Center, gistlec@gist.ac.kr